1970s Childhood

By Liza Hollinghurst

The 1970s was a decade of style contrasts: every extreme of fashion was met by an equally trendy opposite reaction. Ankle-length maxi skirts vied for attention with super-short hot-pants. Outfits in vibrant prints and obviously man-made fabrics contrasted with subtly-colored ensembles in wool jerseys and silky crepes. Delicate floral cottons, hand-knits and hand-tooled leather came up against boldly synthetic and plastic looks perched atop platform shoes--for men and women alike. More so than at any other time, fashion looked backwards in order to dress the future with quirkily ironic retro looks, while alternative street-style movements such as Punk used appearance to startle and challenge the establishment. In this book, Daniel Milford-Cottam uses colorful photographs to illustrate an eye-opening introduction to the bold fashions that still have such resonance today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784423289
• ISBN13: 9781784423285
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.7" x 8.0"